The Face of Battle
by John Keegan
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The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger'. It examines the physical conditions of fighting, the particular emotions and behaviour generated by battle, as well as the motives that impel soldiers to stand and fight rather than run away. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles, John Keegan vividly conveys their reality for the participants, whether facing the arrow cloud of Agincourt, the levelled muskets of Waterloo or the steel rain of the Somme.
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Military History, Battles, Sommeschlacht <1916>, Battles. 0, History, Nonfiction, Veldslagen, Weltkrieg (1914-1918), Unabhängigkeitskrieg, Entscheidungsschlacht, Gewonden, Batallas, Militärpsychologie, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Weltkrieg, Agincourt, Battle of, Agincourt, France, 1415, Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916, Somme, 1st Battle of the (France : 1916) fast (OCoLC)fst01125774, Waterloo, Battle of (Belgium : 1815) fast (OCoLC)fst01172689, Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815, Agincourt, Battle of (France : 1415) fast (OCoLC)fst00800291, Military Science, Warfare, Batailles, Histoire militaire, Azincourt, Bataille d', 1415, Waterloo, Bataille de, 1815, Somme, Bataille de la, 1916, Military art and science, Soldiers in art, Military architecture, Europe, history, military, Battles--history, History, military, D25 .k43 1976Showing 10 featured editions. View all 32 editions?
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"I have not been in a battle; not near one, nor heard one from afar, nor seen the aftermath."
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